Support for line conductors



L. E. HENDEE.

' SUPPORT FOR LINE CONDUCTORS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1919.

Patentefi May 11, 1920 W/TNESSES LEM E. I-IENDEE, OE MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN.

SUPEOBT FOR LINE GONDUGTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed February 8, 1919. Serial No. 275,752.

To all who/1L it 'nwy concern.

Be it known that I, Lear E. Herman, a

citizen of the l nited States, and resident of kind to make up a specialsupport for different systems of wiring and for different numbers ofconductors necessitating a large supply of different kinds of supportsto be kept on hand and involving labor and expense in handling them. Itis the object of this invention to overcome this difficulty and greatlysimplify the problem of manufacturing and supplying these supports byusing a member embodying in itself a plurality of insulator or conductorattaching elements and standard base elements for securing the units toa support.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by the claims at the conclusionhereof.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side view of the device embodying the invention, partsbeing shown in section Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the units;

Fi 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Flg. 2, parts being omitted;and,

Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the base plates.

A member 5 consists in itself of a num ber of unit attaching elementsand is here shown as formed of heavy wire in which the unit attachingelements are arches 6 connected together by portions 7. These members 5are supplied to the user in .long lengths so that he may cut off as manyunits as he desires at a time, either separately or in a series to suitthe requirements of the work.

To secure one or a series of these attaching elements in place, a basemember 8 is provided for use in conjunction with the attaching elementor elements. Each base member consists of a pressed metal plate havingarched edges 9, and a central boss 10 having a slot 11 therein, thesides 12 of said boss curving outwardly and downwardly from the ends ofsaid slot. The plate is also provided with spaced slots 13 for receivingscrews 14L with which to secure it to a support and with notches 15 inline with slot 11.

The base member 8 is designed to fit over a portion of the wire 5 sothat the upper end of one of the arches 6 projects through the slot 11,the lower portions of the arch engage the sides 12 and portions of thewire pass through the notches 15, the wire being clamped to the base bythe fastening of the base member to a support. The arches in conjunctionwith the base members form eyed supports to be used for supporting lineconductors or insulator supports such as the bail 16 secured at its endsto a rod 17 passing through an insulator 18 and loosely mountedintermediate its ends upon the yed support.

With the construction above described it will be noted that an outwardpull on the arched portion of the wire will be resisted by the sides 12of the base plate with which the sides of the arch is in contact andthat the ends of the arch may be tightly secured in place when the baseplate is fastened down by its attaching screws. Furthermore, as thesebase plates are all alike and the member 5 is composed of a plurality ofsimilar attaching elements, it is an easy mattor for the user to preparethe kind of insulator bracket he desires by using a suitable length ofthe member 5 together with an appropriate number of base members.

The base members 8 may be used in conjunction with each of the elementsor certain of the elements as best suits the requirements of the work.For instance, in Fig. 1 I have shown the base members secured to thesupport to act in conjunction with every other arch 6 and such anarrangement is desirable where long spans of conductors are used. Inother instances a base member may be used in conjunction with each archand in other cases several arches may intervene between an arch providedwith a base member.

That I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a line conductor support, the com bination of a member havingintegral arched attaching elements, and means for securing one or aseries of these elements to a support.

2. In a line conductor support, the combination of a member havingarched attaching elements, base members for certain of the elementsprovided with slots through which portions of the arches project, andmeans for securing each base member to a support.

8. In a line conductor support, the combination of a wire crimped toprovide pro jecting arches at intervals, and base members, eachcomprising ametal plate having notched flanged edges, a boss with aloopreceiving slot and curved loop-contracting sides in line with saidslot and notches, and

means for securing said members to a support.

4. In a line conductor support, the combi' nation of a member havingintegral arched attaching elements, and base members for certain of theelements.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

LEM E. HENDEE.

Witnesses H. D. CHASE.

